ma mates currently looking at jet skis and am wondering if any of yous have or have been around them as like cars and bike every one says diffrent things.hes after summit fast and reliable not wanting much but def needs to be fast.any tips and also what to look for etc?

 

Are you after a jet Ski or a Waverunner as the 2 often get mistakern ?? a Jet Ski can be an absolute bastard to ride a waverunner is very easy to use and can be stupidly fast, water at speed is like steel it fucking hurts, SeaDoo have some great ones out at the moment as for Jet Skis Kawasaki Super Jet is a cool Ski,

mike

 

didnt know there was a diffrence.cheers.

 

whats the best out of the 2 then?hes an idiot so if it hurts he wont mind whats the fastest and best to ride?

 

They are 2 totally different things, a Jet Ski requires alot of balance and skill and rider imput it is like riding a trials bike blipping the throttle alot, the Waverunner is for idiots and ultimately faster in a drag race

Mike

 

Stand up ones are FAR more fun.

The sit down ones you can get up to silly speeds on them but they arent as involving to use.

Also when you are doing 70mph+ on the water, its like hitting concrete if you fall off more or less, which scares the shit out of me, so I like the standup ones for that reason too, more thrills at lower speeds, lol

 

so the sit downs are jetskis is that correct?

 

whats the best kinds?and models?he was looking at a supercharged seedoo

 

Sit downs are Waverunners,


Mike

 

ok i get u now.chhers guys.so whats the best jetskis the?

 

Very broadly speaking

Sitting = waverunner = big engine = fast = not very manouverable = easy
Standing = jeski = small engine = not very fast = very manouverable = hard



It really does depend on what you want it for, as transport the waverunners are fucking awesome, getting from one side of the island to the other etc, but for pissing around in a lake, its a jetski all the way.


Its kind of like comparing a honda goldwing and a motocross bike

 

Apologies if that post was redundant, didnt see your reply saying you "got it now" before I started typing!

 

Yamaha & SeaDoo are the best Craft imo.

Yamaha engines tend to require less attention than that of a Seadoo.

The Seadoo is a more fun Craft to use IMO due to its superior VTS(Vertical Trim System) which allows more accurate and a wider range of trim levels which can equate to more fun.

 

I have flipped my fair share of Waverunner trying to slide them

I was with the World Champion Jet Ski guy for Freestyle for a month a year or so back was unberlivable what he could do on this thing, 360 rolls 3 in a row all kinds of crap

Mike

 

sold mine after last summer going to miss it this summer 140bhp saw 70mph very quickly great fun and handled very well too, when your on the sea flat out 74mph ish feels VERY fast and can be scary depends how choppy the sea is

 

Flipping them is all part of the fun
I've mates that have cracked their hulls part and parcel of playing in BIG waves.

 

did that one a previous wave, the jump i did was not even funny

 

I've seen it done many a time in BIG waves(8foot +).
Either the person riding doesnt get their weight right back prior to landing and fails to land the SKI on its rear.
Or does the above but slams into the next wave.

 

cunt tell you what happened i had me eyes shut didnt expect to be as high as i was infact dint expect to be half as high as i was

 

Thats hardcore lads!

 

Hardcore is the guy on the wakeboard being towed behind

 

My mate recently bought a seadoo GTI . Its a sitdown so his family and gf could use it .

He is a member of a local jet ski lake and 95% of people down there have seadoo's so they must be good. One of the blokes had the supercharged one and it had awesome accelaration and sounded phat. There was even some bloke with turbod stand up ski!

He has used his a shit load, literelly twice a week since he has had it, with no problem at all. Just tops it up with oil and petrol. They do go through plugs apperntly though , although his hasnt need changing yet

It gets a bit boring on a lake as there isnt much you can do with a sitdown except go round and round, although he does tow stuff off the back which is a laugh.

But on the sea its loads of fun and you can proper get it out of the water. I wouldnt fancy a standup if you were gonna use it on the sea unless your really good. I shit myself up a few times on his sitdown . You cant really use full throttle on the sea unless its really calm as the waves hit you really hard. Goggles are a must on the sea or your eyes sting like a bitch

We were at bournmouth this weekend with it and drove it over to the isle of white lol. That was an experience and pretty scary in the middle of the choppie sea.

We also towed this inflatble winged thing off the back while we there and it was proper sick. Could really get out of the water on the waves but it proper hurt when you came down again and everytime i took breath i swollowed a pint of sea water lol

Heres a vid of his ski on the local lake